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In Memory of Our Departed SPP Members

The Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) wishes to use this page a as a way to recall our lost members. Some have been colleagues we saw every year at meetings but more more have been close
friends of ours. We dedicate this page to honor them and their accomplishments.

One of our past Presidents and Founding member of the Pediatric Pathology Club, Dr Marie (Molly) Valdes-Dapena passed away on September the 30th 2012. She was 91 years of age. Dr Valdes-Dapena… Learn More

It saddens me to inform you that Jay Bernstein passed away on February 26, 2009. He was a founding member of the Pediatric Pathology Club (now the SPP) and a founding member of the editorial b… Learn More

John Fisher spent many years in service to the Society for Pediatric Pathology and to the Pediatric Oncology Group, as well as to Buffalo Women and Children's Hospital. During this time he wea… Learn More

Tucker Collins, S. Burt Wolbach Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, died on June 8, 2007, after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor in January of 2007. A vascular path… Learn More

Robert Bolande died on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 in Charlotte, NC, after a brief illness following several years of decreased mobility that he referred to as Parkinson Disease. Bob's professional… Learn More